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The responsibility of being a smart city leader means facing a variety of challenges, developing visions, strategies and goals, making tough decisions and weighing trade-offs – all while keeping in mind that your overriding responsibility is to take...

It’s been two years since Smart Cities Council Australia New Zealand launched. Wow!From a 'hunch' in January 2016, to Australia’s peak smart cities body in 2018.Our reach and impact has surpassed our expectations. It has actually blown us away. And...

We’ve been working on it since December of last year, and finally it's been revealed: the preliminary program for Smart Cities Week Australia.This year, Smart Cities Week Australia will showcase the world's most dynamic smart cities market — from...

Joining the league of cities with smart solutions, Coimbatore from now will monitor air quality for its citizens. The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation has installed 30 solar-powered air quality monitoring devices to address city’s air pollution...

Known for its several innovations, the Indian Space and Research Organization (ISRO) has recently developed a chip-based system for Indian Railways (IR) that will avert accidents at unmanned level crossing.Across India, as many as 613 people have...

In a smart city (or state), governing well does not mean dictating what’s best for everyone. It’s a collaborative effort. What do your constituents want from you? What resources are available? What do partners need from you? What do other elected...

Microsoft's City Next initiative is designed to offer assistance for cities that enables them to be innovative while turning their smart city plans into reality, do it at their own pace and engage their citizens in the process. City Next offers a...

Article - 04/22/2016

Active Region(s): Main, North America

Category: Health and human services, Water and wastewater, Smart City Tools

A post on the World Economic Forum (WEF) site introduces Martin Burt, founder and CEO of Fundación Paraguaya, the microfinance organization that developed the Poverty Stoplight assessment tool now being used in 18 countries in Latin America, Asia...

With India marching towards its vision of creating '100 Smart Cities', the momentum seems to be catching up and more and more awareness programmes, workshop by either government bodies or private organisations are held to educate, encourage and...

Travelling in urban India is very stressful, because of the heavy traffic, bad roads, lack of timely public transport service, wrongful parking, unnecessary honking, pollution, erratic motorists driving and so on and so forth. The reasons can be...

Mahindra Defence Implements Smart Surveillance 2.0 for Lucknow City in record time of six months - New System to enhance safety & Security of Citizens; improve emergency aid infrastructure.Uttar Pradesh, India's most populated state, is...

Cities are at the threshold of a new golden age. Smart technologies can dramatically improve urban livability, workability and sustainability while also saving money.The Smart Cities Council India puts cities on the path to smart city success...

The Smart Cities Council is pleased to introduce the Smart Cities Readiness Workshop program.Developed specifically for government officials and technology engineers, the workshops promote an interactive learning environment to help...

Though the 'Smart Cities' initiatives around the globe are great case studies, each city has unique characteristics and problems and should focus on finding contextual local solutions.A Business Insider report quoted Managing Director of CISCO...

New Town Kolkata could be the first city in West Bengal to get a smart fuelling zone. The states petrol pumps, will have additional facilities such as recharge of electric-run vehicles, Wi-fi hotspot and electronic surveillance system. The zone has...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Digital India project, which aims to offer a one-stop shop for government services, would use the mobile phone as the backbone of its delivery mechanism. Five hundred million people will come together on the Internet....

IBM worked with the city of Rio de Janeiro on this Operations Center that provides the incident commander and responders with a single, unified view of all the information that they require for situational awareness.Navigant Research says the global...

Article - 08/28/2015

Active Region(s): Main, North America

Category: Smart City Concepts, Finance and procurement, Smart City Tools

Scroll down for five tools that can help make cities smarter and better prepared to meet a variety of challenges. Some of the tools are free; some are commercial products.Take Schneider's weather alerting system out for a free spinCouncil Lead...

Article - 06/17/2015

Active Region(s): Main, North America

Category: Public safety and security, Water and wastewater, Computing resources, Connectivity, Smart City Tools